Takecharge Programming Blog
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Making the Object Spell Checker work
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year This session was supposed to be about our desktop tape calculator and I am currently writing that lesson but I recently had a customer request which I found interesting and wanted to share. The customer has an application which has migrated form DOS to their current version of Alpha…
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PC Desktop: ToDo Manager
Hello everyone. Hope the Holiday season is going well for all of you. Today we are looking at the ToDo manager and how it relates to our Start menu and File Manager. As you can see from the above image, clicking the Direct Access Button in the top tool bar builds a menu system in…
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PC Desktop: Email Account Manager
Hello Everyone, It’s been a while and I do apologize, but sometimes life gets in the way of life and I for one believe you should go with the flow. Today we are looking at the Email Account Manager and the code for attaching single or multiple files to an email. First, lets watch this…
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PC Desktop: Zip File Manager Part 2 Unzipping Files
Hello Everyone At the end of our last post we stated we would look at the unzip features of our zip file manager and how they work, so lets begin. Unzipping Files We looked at zipping files, but truth being told the average user today does not need to zip files very often. I say…
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PC Desktop:Zip File Manager
Hello Everyone Today we are looking at the punch list for our File Manager Module. As we have discussed, the File Manager will also double as the Start Menu for our desktop. Therefore, we must consider both applications when working on our punch list. Initially our list for this module was fairly short but as…
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PC Desktop: Web Bookmark Manager
Hello Everyone Today we will be looking at our Web Bookmark Manager. Our Bookmark manager is designed on our weblist table and has three separate yet related functions. Provide a method for managing our Web Bookmark Menu Provide a means of searching the Web using the major search engines Provide a Browser interface for all…
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PC Desktop: Passing Field values to Variables
Hello Everyone Today we are looking at the first two lines of our punch list. Clock Calendar Set font color on buttons to Red if there are task, notes or appointments scheduled for that day. Set Quick Note entry form to allows continuous entry. Watch the short video below then come back to see how…
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PC Desktop: Using a Punch List
When developing an application even when following a design document it is important to review your progress at varying intervals to insure you are staying on course and meeting the requirements of the Design Document. One of the tools I use to stay on course is a Punch List. I call it a Punch List…
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PC Desktop: Using xBasic to Add, Delete and Fetch Records
Hello everyone Before we get into our session for today, I want to take a moment to talk about the software I use to do all of these lessons, Alpha Software. Everything we do here is currently focused on desktop applications but don’t get fooled, Alpha Software is much more than that. Alpha Software is…
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PC Desktop: Using a Conditional Object
Hello everyone Once again, we are going to look at how to better improve form and function in our application. This time we will look at how the use of a conditional object helps in both of those areas as well as controlling data entry. Alpha software says this about conditional objects; A conditional object…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 